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Johns Hopkins researchers have identified a new potential treatment target for sleep apnea

Sleep apnea is a potentially dangerous sleep disorder in which breathing stops and restarts several times while you sleep. According to a recent mouse study, the target is an ion channel that has already been shown to impact blood pressure in obese mice. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists, a recent study in obese mice …

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Sleep Concept

Johns Hopkins researchers have identified a new potential treatment target for sleep apnea

Sleep apnea is a potentially dangerous sleep disorder in which breathing stops and restarts several times while you sleep. According to a recent mouse study, the target is an ion channel that has already been shown to impact blood pressure in obese mice. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists, a recent study in obese mice …

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Reading a new novel at Hopkins Hospital shines a light on narrative medicine

Reading a new novel at Hopkins Hospital shines a light on narrative medicine

While most attendees were still wearing their work clothes and sporting a “Hopkins Medicine” badge reel, a viewer might have assumed they were meeting for a presentation on the latest medical research. The wine and cheese table, however, suggested otherwise. On November 9, Lauren Small hosted a reading of her new novel The hanging of …

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Viewpoint: Audio phone visits with medical providers remain crucial connections to delivering equitable healthcare, say Johns Hopkins medicine experts

Viewpoint: Audio phone visits with medical providers remain crucial connections to delivering equitable healthcare, say Johns Hopkins medicine experts

Newswise – Writing in the November 17 issue of New England Journal of Medicine, two telemedicine experts and a historian at Johns Hopkins Medicine say audio-only phone visits are a critical link to healthcare providers for patients who don’t have access to video visit options. Insurance coverage put in place during the pandemic for certain …

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The northeast perspective rendering of the building named in honor of Henrietta Lacks.

Johns Hopkins presents initial design for building named in honor of Henrietta Lacks

By Michael Morris / Published November 13, 2022 Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine earlier this week unveiled initial design plans for the on-campus building project named for Henrietta Lacks, the Baltimore County woman whose cells advanced the medicine around the world. The plans were presented at a meeting of the Urban Design and …

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Dr. Daniel B. Drachman, Neuromuscular Disease Expert and Founder of Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology, Dies

Dr. Daniel B. Drachman, Neuromuscular Disease Expert and Founder of Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology, Dies

Dr. Daniel B. Drachman, one of the world’s leading authorities on neuromuscular diseases and founder of the Department of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, who also helped world-renowned pianist Leon Fleisher regain the use of his right hand and to return to the concert stage, died of a heart attack and infection …

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